: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward Muslims or the Islamic faith
anti-Muslim rhetoric
… a campaign aimed at stirring up anti-Muslim feelings among the Bosnian Serbs.—
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In 2012, a group of other Christians with anti-Muslim signs, one of them carrying a pig's head on a pole, protested at the Arab International Festival.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Eight years later, Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people in two separate shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, after hereleased a more than 80-page manifesto filled with anti-Muslim, extremist language.
—Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Sonia and Sunny takes place between two historic moments of anti-Muslim violence: the 1992 razing of a mosque in Ayodhya and the 2002 riots in Gujarat.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
That backup has since grown into a hundreds-strong campaign to refute the DHS allegations, which supporters call a resurgence of anti-Muslim fearmongering that has persisted across party lines since the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago this month.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Eight years later, Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people in two separate shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, after hereleased a more than 80-page manifesto filled with anti-Muslim, extremist language.
—Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Sonia and Sunny takes place between two historic moments of anti-Muslim violence: the 1992 razing of a mosque in Ayodhya and the 2002 riots in Gujarat.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
That backup has since grown into a hundreds-strong campaign to refute the DHS allegations, which supporters call a resurgence of anti-Muslim fearmongering that has persisted across party lines since the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago this month.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Anti-Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Muslim. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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